Mine That Bird Headed to the Preakness
Mine That Bird, the surprise winner of the May 2 Kentucky Derby, will run in the May 16 Preakness Stakes, according to Pimlico spokesman Mike Gathagan.
Gathagan said Mine That Bird’s trainer, Bennie “Chip” Woolley Jr. informed him of the decision to come to Maryland in a telephone conversation about 11 a.m. (EDT) May 4.
“He (Woolley) also talked to our horsemen’s relations person
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Mine That Bird, the surprise winner of the May 2 Kentucky Derby, will run in the May 16 Preakness Stakes, according to Pimlico spokesman Mike Gathagan.
Gathagan said Mine That Bird’s trainer, Bennie “Chip” Woolley Jr. informed him of the decision to come to Maryland in a telephone conversation about 11 a.m. (EDT) May 4.
“He (Woolley) also talked to our horsemen’s relations person about 30 minutes before that,” said Gathagan, who is the vice president of communications for the Maryland Jockey Club, which operates Pimlico.
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